Montana/Dakotas News Release
Date: December 5, 2008 BLM Issues Bowdoin Natual Gas Project DecisionThe life of the Bowdoin natural gas field in north-central Montana will be extended as a result of a Bureau of Land Management decision. Four companies have proposed a project to help maximize natural gas recovery in the field that is one of Montana’s oldest. BLM completed an environmental assessment of the proposal last summer before reaching its decision. The decision is available online at www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/malta_field_office/bowdoin_ea.html. New and replacement wells will be drilled at an annual rate that would essentially keep pace with the retirement of older wells that are no longer productive. The new wells would keep the field productive for another 30 to 50 years. “Production from some wells that were drilled in the 1940s would be restored by drilling new replacement wells from the original drilling pads,” said Donato Judice, BLM’s Great Falls supervisor. "In other instances, areas within the field that were previously passed over would be tapped to increase productivity.” Generally, the Bowdoin field straddles the Phillips-Valley county line from the Canadian border south to U.S. Highway 2. The field has been active since the 1930s and currently contains about 1,450 producing wells. For more information on this decison, contact BLM’s Great Falls Field Station, 1101 15th St. N., Great Falls, Mont. 59401. ###
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